Open AccessSystemic Bacillus Calmette–Guerin infection secondary to inadvertent intravenous injection
Author(s) -
Mudasir Farooq,
Santhosh Nagasubramanian,
Benedict Paul Samuel
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of urology/indian journal of urology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-3824
pISSN - 0970-1591
DOI - 10.4103/iju.iju_638_20
Subject(s) - medicine , bladder cancer , surgery , cancer
Disseminated BCG infection (BCG-osis) secondary to intravesical BCG given for high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer has been reported. We report the successful management of two cases of BCG-osis secondary to inadvertent intravenous BCG injection. Both cases are recurrence-free at the follow-up of 12 and 18 months, respectively. There is only one such case reported in English literature so far to the best of our knowledge.